Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report published in April by the New York-based Carnegie Endowment for Peace claimed that Argentina , Brazil , India , Iraq and Pakistan had been able to circumvent international regulations and build or expand nuclear weapons capabilities . |
| 2 | Mr Kerfoot said this week that in 1988 one of his oil suppliers on the Rhine had been keen to send raw material to Britain by rail instead of road because of pressure from the German Government . |
| 3 | Soviet leaders knew that war with America was unthinkable : NATO had been unable to match Soviet conventional strength in Europe because of the cost , but Dulles threatened ‘ massive retaliation ’ with nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet threat to US vital interests and it was understood by 1955 that an atomic exchange in Europe would devastate the continent . |
| 4 | Franco had been grateful to receive Italian planes in July and August , but he was not happy with the massive despatch of foot-soldiers , partly because Mussolini had the temerity to send more than had been agreed , and partly because the Duce insisted that they were not deployed as part of the Spanish Army , but formed an independent corps , with their own officers . |
| 5 | Foreign diplomats said the lack of a further reshuffle after a meeting of the central advisory commission meant Deng had been unable to persuade other party elders to retire to smooth the transfer of power to his heir . |